1936-04-11 — Page 13

GLOVES

ARE

Germany Planning

Big Fleet

Of Zepps To Span Atlantic

HOW WORLD RACE STANDS TO-DAY THE world's five greatest commercial_air

Powers-Britain, America, France, Ger- many, Holland-aro building, planning, fighting for supremacy on the last link in the air girdle round the earth, the Atlantic..

Each sees its air prestige at stake. What is the present position?

BRITAIN

and AMERICA

have agreed to co-operate in No More

regular London-New

air

services. Each will allow the

other's machines to land on its

waters and territory.

Britain is bifiding a fleet of 17-ton ying-bouts. Our mann- facturers are considering much larger bouts, Anerka already

Beauty Queens

has Sikorsky and Martin flying SAYS THE MAN WHO

bonts capable of operating.

First

States

experimental Anglo-United

Atlantle

services are sche

duled for next year.

STARTED THE

IDEA

At first they will as the assinale | SEVENTEEN years ago Bir.

southern route, via Hermuda.

The Azores belong

France's exclusive

there have lapsed.

thr Azore Ane):

Walter Bell, a tradesman, of

In Portugal. Morecambes, Lancashire, had lundir Det prent idea. The world acclaimed

1ft by copying it.

So Portugal controls the Best stepping stone,

She will bar gain with anybody for its use. Reciprocal Rights

first

The iden brought the Hrnuty Queen to Morecambe--and Jiritain.

Now Mr. Bell says he wishes he 2200 had never thought of M!

say: "We're

Mr Beli Latit Morecambel

having Beauty Queens here!

Britain's Bermuta The miles further wet, America may. usa Beranda in co-operation with Britain.

We can bargain with would-be Atlantic air Powers for! reciprocal rights for our aircraft in foreign colonies.

other

Both the Azores and Bermuda are potential refuelling base Flying-boats "filling up" theroi can carry birger paying loads of; guissengera and freight

fen

#1

"These 'queens are penny now." Mr. Bell told me. "Every little hack street and every little trade has one. The whole thing has Become racket, and we've had enough af it."

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Str. Bell, as chairman of More-: machines making the long, direct examined thousands of

than cambe Carnival Committer, has northern crossing.

photo- graphs of contestants year after "I got to know, some of their faces na wöll as I know my own." he said. "Year after One regular was 'n women of year the same old photographs!

FRANCE and ' GERMANY, are year, our dangerous rivals, Both have: practical Atlantic air mail ex- perience. Premch ying-boats have been competing with German flying-boats and the Graf Zeppelin for years on the South Atlantic, Sinkingt Europe with South

America.

J5%

"Then the professionals: Manne- Of the two, tiermany is further arres

guing and suchlike front towns advanced with North Atlantic walk away with it.

f miles away began to: plans.

That was the 'Just straw! The original idea of

the North

She intends to sail her famous glorifying some sweet heal giri South Atlantic refuelling ship had degenerated too far." Westfalen into Atlantic, there to co-operate with Germany's existing Dor- nier flying-boats.

Germany believes she can easily adapt her South Atlantic equi ment and experience to the North Atlantic.

HOW IT BEGAN This is how it all began. Sixteen years ago Mr. Bell was walking along the front at Morecambe when he saw a group of laughing schoolgirls. He was struck by the sweetness of one She thinks she can shortly girl and thought she looked like start an air mail service be a queen. tween Berlin and New York

And so the first Carnival Queen with her Dorniers and her was crowned. catapult depot ships.

I only we'd stuck She has landing rights on the schoolgirls overything Eastern American seaboard.

have been all right," For passenger Atlantle traffic

Bell. Germany banks on the Zeppelin.ided to let the queen grow up. A But seven years ago it was de- 1.2.129, grentest airship ever to he put into the air, will make minimum age limit of 18 was in-

troduced.

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1936.

OFF

IN

AIR

RACE SPECIAL CLEARANCE SALE

RADIO BROADCAST

Relay of Dance Music From Hongkong Hotel

DAVENTRY BULLETIN

12.30 p.m. A Light Concert, 1pm. Time Signal and Weather Report.

1.03 p.m. Selections from Musical Comedy.

1-10 p.m. Varloty and Dance Music. 2.15 p.m. Closo Down.

7

4-7 p.m. Chinese Programme,

p.m. "Casse Nolsello" Suite (Taclmikovsky).,

7.25 p.m. Company,

The Light Opera

The Geisha (Jones): The Quaker Girl (Monekton); The Waltz Dream (Strauss); The Student Prince (Rom- berg).

2.50 p.m.

Xylophone Soles by

Harry Robbins.

Robbin' Hurry; Nursery Masque. ratfe; Kitten on the Keys.

8 13.m. Time Signal, Weather Re- port, and Announcements,

8.03 p. A Variety Pro-

| Kromme,

Piano Sales-Rhythm of the Rain;

I was Lucky.... Renara; Songs-I'm in the Mont for love; I wished on the Atoon...

Janny Russ; Vocal Duet- What Good for the Goose is

the

Gander. Sam

good for

am Browne and Girl Friend; Orchestra--Six-Fight Med. ley So-Conversation

Star Gazing.. Elsie

for Two:

Carlis

Band -One Night in Monte Carlo; There'll

ever ho nather Piano-Accordeon Baul: Humorous- you,... Lalon

Daughter of Mr. H. Green, Superintendent of the Botanical and Forgs-Grasshoppers Dance, Sydney

try Department playing with one of the tied Wuchow leopard cuba

brought to Hongkong for sale.

$100 Will Buy You Two

Of The CUTEST Pets

SOMEWHERE in Hongkong are two of the cutest little pets... $50 a piece.

If you like animals roaming around your fiat, they're yours for

The Derby.... Descriptive with the Singing Pearly Sings: Songs-Look up and Laugh....Gracie Filedy;"Or- Gustard: VocalSince we fell out of love; What's the Reason......The MBIS Brothers.

of

Military Band Music, Mirella-Overture (Gounod); Ra- koczy

March ("Damnation Faust":

March (Strauss); The Artadition; The Beg- gar's Opera-Selection. 1. 9.30 pm.

A Relay of the Daven- try News Bulletin (Copyright by Reuter.)

9.13 p..

A Relay of the Hong- kong Hotel Dance Orchestra.

19 pm Big Ben; from Daventry. 12 midnight Close Down. NOTE: There will be a Chinese Recorded Programme from ZEK, on 8-10.30 p..

Pardon me. Let me introduce "Spots" and "Spits", young frequency of 610 kilocycles from residents of Wuchow.

"Spots" is shown in the photograph reproduced above," "Spits," his brother, rather surlily refused to watch for the "little dicky bird", being interested at the time in a rather juicy bone.

SUNDAY'S PROGRAMME

An Easter Epilogue From The Studio

10-11 am. A Reiny of the Alorn-

"Spots" and "Spits”, eub Leopards, are for sale. They wers brought to Hongkong by a Chinese hunter, who says that the youngsters were discovered after their mother had been killed..

The hunter offered them to the Hongkong Botanical anding Service from St. Joseph's Church. Forestry Department for addition to the existing collection of St. Paul's Church (Chinese).. birds and animals,

11 a.m-12.15 p.m. A Relay from

1.m. European Recorded_

But the B. & F. Department scratched-its-head-and, look-

12.15-2.30 Programme.

ing into the future, decided it didn't have cages strong enough Major Schuberthony No. 7 in C to accommodate the cubs when they grew up.

Report,

1.0

1 D.. Which is a pity. Since this is the silly season; Hongkong

Time Signal and Weather would have had the opportunity of settling once and for all,

p.m. Organ Music. the argument as to whether a leopard can change, its spots..

The Question (Wolstenholme); The Answer (Wolstenholme)....leginald Most disappointed person at the decision of the Botanical (Reverie) (Schumann); Andantino in Goss-Custard, F.R.C.O.: Trauerei and Forestry Department not to purchase the leopard cubs is Flat the daughter of Mr. H. Green, the Superintendent, seen held- Lemare. would

(Lemare)......Edwin II. ing "Spots" in the photograph.

20 p.m. The B.B.C. Wireleas Singers.

1. Morgenblatter (Morning Papers) men and Song (Strauss). (Waltz) (Strauss); 2. Wine, Wo- 1.10 p.m. Reutor Press Bulletins. 1.35 p.m. Light Orchestral

the

says Mr.

And the dethroned.

result-beauty is There will be

na

her maiden trial trip to Rio de Janeiro early this summer. She will use the trall blazed by the queen at this year's Morecambe Graf. Cheaper Fares

Success there will mean a Now York flight from Berlin. Success there will mean a fleet of North Atlantic Zeppelins.)

The airship's cruising speed is 80 m.p.b., flying boats 160 m.p.k.. But the airship can straight across the North Atlantic without refuelling.

Carnival,

roams

1.20

"They were awfully nice pets," she said sorrowfully. The Leopard or panther (cheeta in India) greater partion of southern Asia. It is one of the more typical re- over the presentatives of the genus Fells, and in habits resembles the other large cat-like animals, yielding to none in the ferocity of its dispoși- Hoa, It is exceedingly quiet in its movements, but seizes its prey by Music. waiting in ambush or stealthily approaching to within springing dis-

It not infrequently attacks human beings, chiefly old women Slave ("Le Roi Malgro Lui") (Cha- and children, but instances have been known of leopards becoming brier); Tuchaikovsky in Vienna (arr. regular "man-eaters."

lance.

Baroness Claims Cost Of Facial Operation

Katie Won, Mrs, Prior, Mrs. Collart, Mrs. Bell, Mrs. H. Ross and Miss Crapnell for taking charge of dis-

Marche Joyeuse (Chabrier); Donce

Walter); Charm of tho Valsu (arr. Winter); Glow Worm-Intermezzo (Lincke).

(Tenor),

2 p.m. Songs by Richard Crooks

1. Tell me to-night (Spoliansky); tricts: 15 all helpers who assisted in 2. Only my Song (Lehar); 3. Spring- the street sales: to the Hongkong time reminds me of you (Jurma); branch of the British Legion, for

1. My Sunshine is you (Stolz). loan of collecting tins; to the

2.19 p.m. Concert Waltzes.

if rooms,

storing Strauss). Head of the

CLAIM has been made on behalf of Baroness Maud

the

stitute for use

She can carry a bigger load of passengers and freight in great- Alexis Mdivani. It is for a facial operation. The prince flowers, etc; to the

von Thyssen against the estate of the late Prince Committee of the Helena Muy In er comfort. She can offer far cheaper fares.

was killed, the baroness injured, while motoring in Spain Sanitary Department for use of the The slower Zeppelin, cutting last August.

straight across the Atlantic, will

take no longer than the speedy The operation will be carried flying-boats, making their com-out this week in London by a pulsory detour via the Azores and famous plastic surgeon. Fe Bermuda.

baroness made the journey to

France's Atlantic plans were England specially. recently put back with the sinking

She said: "The claim is for the

in a storm in the West Indies of cost of the operation; only that. her giant flying-bont Lt. de Vals-I am compelled to undergo it.", seau de Paris.

She added that she knew nothing

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CORRESPONDENCE

Flower Day Thanks

(To The Editor,

Strausa); Roses

Thousand and One Nights (J.

of the South (J. 2.30 p.m. Close Down. 4-6.25 pm. Chinese Programme. Urban Council Room as Headquar- Service and. Bella from St. John's 6.25 p.m. A Relay of the Evening ters; to the Y.M.C.A. for the use of Cathedral, the room as Kowloon Headquarters;

7.30 p.m. The Regiinental Band of

and to all others who in any way to the Press, for valuable publicity, H. M. Grenadier Guards.

Day

assisted to make the flower such a success,

F. MIDDLETON-SMITH.

Chairinau,

Ariette; To the Spring (Grieg).

9.16 p.m.

From the Studio, A Recital by Anao. Winter (So) prano) accompanied by Luba Shaf- 9.30 p.m. The Angelus Octet. (Brahms); Spring Song (Mendols Serenado (Schubert); Cradio Song sohn, Op. 62, No. 6).

onward, Christian Soldiers. (Sulf Nearer, My God, to thee (Dykes); van):

Marche Siav (Tschaikovsky): Pomp and Circumstanco March No. 1 (Elgar); Marche Lorraine (Ganne); The Smithy In the Wood (Michnolis); The Turkish Patrol (Michaelis).

8 p.m. Time Signal and Weather Report

8.03 pm. From the Studio. Trio.

Chamber Music by "The Z.B.W.

8.30 p.m. Choral Singing.

St. Margaret's-Wan....

Air France, nevertheless, has about a claim made for jewellery announced its intention to be missed after the accident. "frat across the North Atlantic

Hongkong Telegraph.) with passengers and mail." France

"It may be that such n claim ia negotiating with America for

has been made on my husband's

Sir-On behalf of the officers and tala landing rights.

belialf,"

she said.

members of the women's Auxiliary HOLLAND'S Atlantic hopes re-

"I know of the Hongkong Society for Protec- nothing about this. 1 have not tion of Children, I am writing to

Soloist: Master E. Lough (Boy Hear My Prayer (Mendelssohn)... Choir of the Templo Church, London: volve round the genius of the

seen my husband for some time, express, through the medium of your bland, chubby little Dutchman

nor communicated with him." "Tony" Fokker.

Baron Heinrich von Thyssen is splendid support given by the com-

column, our grateful thanks for the 9.40 pm. From the Studio.

Soprano); God ba in my head, and "Tony" has designed an At banker. He is seeking a divorce on Saturday, April 4, which

rich Hungarian shipowner and munity generally to the Flower Day in Ecuador' by G. B. Gifford-Jiull

A Taik on "Engineering Troubles Unseen;

in my understanding (Davies); O God

Brother lantic airplane that he says will against the baroness. The iste resulted in such a handsome

Choir of Las 10 p.m. Big Bon: from Daventry. carry goods and passengers Prince Alexis Maivani is cited as being raised. This practical endorse- Orchestra. straight across the North At-co-respondent.

8.15 p.nt. Concert Waltzes, The London Palladium Tres Jolie (Waldtoufel); Dreams lantic, non-stop.

ment of the work of the Society is In tho

of tho In a recent reference to hardeeply. appreciated and will en- Welgewood!Blue (Kotolboy); Bird of can Dance like my wife (Fall) Royal Dutch Airlines are nego-huband's aetion, the baroness said: of the poor and needy children of

Moonlight (Kotelbey); Princess-Waltz (Fall); Child, You Oceans (Gimg') Deller tiating with Pan American Air-"Poor Aledat I only knew him the Colony.

courage us in our activities on behalf Love Divinis (Haydn Wood). ways for co-operation in Atlantic for twelve days. Now he is dead

10.15 p.m. From the Studio.

9pm. Reuter Press Bulletins. airways,

9.05 p.m. A, Planoforte Recital Sincere thanks are also due to Mrs. the Rev, H. W. Baines,

"An Easter Epljogue", taken by by Arthur de Greef. and cannot defend himself," Burnie, Mrs. Stark, Mrs. Buyers, Dr. 10.30 p.m. Clone Down.

1. Wedding (Continued on Previous Column,)

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